| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
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Book |
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Fiction |
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Juvenile |
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Primary |
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age Children |
| Audience |
660 Lexile. |
| Note |
Art techniques used:watercolor and ink in a detailed folk like style. Includes one historic photograph. |
| Summary |
As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 4.4 0.5. |
| Awards |
Caldecott Honor Book, 2009 |
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009. |
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Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor, 2009. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.4 0.5 121531. |
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Reading Counts RC K-2 3.8 1 Quiz: 44107. |
| Subject |
Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
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Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- |
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Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
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Refugees. |
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Maps -- Juvenile fiction.
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Maps. |
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Geography -- Juvenile fiction.
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Geography. |
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Imagination -- Juvenile fiction.
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Imagination. |
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Picture books for children.
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Picture books for children. |
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Children's stories, American -- 21st century.
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Children's stories, American. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Maps.
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Picture books.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780374334994 |
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0374334994 |
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9780329708870 |
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0329708872 |
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